My Holocaust Journey

Just returned from two weeks following the trail of the Holocaust from Holland into Germany then Poland and Czech Republic. You can read more here:

On The Trail of the Holocaust | Out of Battle



Some photos like that above here: Holocaust Images - a set on Flickr

 

Paul
Thanks for posting about your journey, I am not sure it is one I would be brave enough to take if any of my family had perished like some of yours did....... maybe one day I will make the journey, whether it be with a group or on my own, only time will tell.

Regards
Andy

 

Paul
Thank you

Regards
Clive

 

Andy, I must confess that for that very reason I have been putting it off for years but I am certainly glad I did it.

 

Paul

Well said and beautifully presented.

Lest we forget !

Ron

 

Thank you Paul for an excellent post.

Lesley

 

Thanks for sharing, Paul.

 

Paul thanks for sharing

Cheers
Paul

 

paul reed,yesterday,5:32pm.re:my holocaust journey.i have just watched your link,out of battle,i offer you my condolenses for your family loss at the hands of the german people.i know they will tell you they were following orders.or that they did not know it was happening.all lies.on your behalf and your lost family.given the chance I would nook them.they are not people as we know.they are animals.may your departed rest in peace.bernard85

 

Paul
Thank you for a very emotive journey post

 

Thanks for the comments.

 

Paul we did a similar tour a few years ago with a well known tour company that does Battlefield Tours. We had a great guide called Trevor Booker who - as if the experience of what you see is not enough - opened our eyes and helped us understand what the "final solution" involved.

Thank you for sharing this.

Brian

 

Paul,

Thanks very much for sharing this very personal, difficult journey. Your writing and illustrations are top notch.

I undertook a very similar journey starting about 10 years ago, as my father's family were German Jews from Hannover. My widowed grandmother got her 3 children to safety in the UK, and then committed suicide in July '39. She could see the proverbial writing on the wall, and didn't want to give the Nazis the pleasure of doing it to her. My family lost some 10-15 members who were unable to leave, mainly at Terezin and Auschwitz (I believe). The only one on your list that I missed was Bergen-Belsen. I expected to feel immense, overwhelming anger, and indeed did so in 2005 at Terezin. But when I visited Birkenau about 3 years ago, the expected anger was instead replaced by extreme sadness. At Treblinka (which I visited 2 years ago even though we lost nobody there), the anger was back in spades.

Thanks again for sharing.

Marc